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Children in more than a quarter of local authorities are at risk of going hungry in the school holidays if the Government doesn’t commit to extending the Household Support Fund (HSF) past September,...
Local authorities will start piloting voluntary guidelines for nutrition in early years settings from November.
A boy of seven unwittingly ran up a 1,300 bill on a 'free' iPad app after he downloaded expensive extras in error, said the Daily Mail. Heidi Drager from Barnsley, South Yorkshire downloaded the Tap...
Private and voluntary nurseries in Scotland are seeing their number of funded places capped as local authorities move to increase their own provision.
Nurseries and early years organisations have questioned the role of a new nationwide electronic database - which will share nursery staff details and qualifications with local authorities - after one...
As another year draws to a close, a look back at some of the issues we've covered in Nursery World reveals just what a busy year 2003 was. The proposals for employer-supported childcare which have...
Having read the letter 'Don't judge parents' (26 May), I was encouraged to have a second look at 'Why are they parents?' (12 May). While the author of the first letter may have used the term 'type of...
The feature on nursery schools ('In need of repair', 1 March) was very welcome. While the Department for Education and Employment may now recognise the value of nursery schools, we need to have local...
The ten local authorities chosen to take part in pilots for the 0-7 Partnership scheme were named last week by children's minister Beverley Hughes.
National Childcare Month is now officially under way, and June is packed with activities and events to celebrate the great work done by people in this sector. With many of the main organisations - the...